UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: noun, f.

Inflections: λίμνη; -ης

Sense 1: lake, pool

Semantic entry: 1.72

Semantic domains: Geographical Objects and Features

Subdomains: Bodies of Water

Definition: a relatively small body of water either natural or artificial, surrounded by land

Notes: The use of λίμνη to refer to the Lake of Galilee (also called the Lake of Gennesaret) normally poses no special difficulty, but in the expression ‘lake of fire’ (RV REV 20:10 · LV REV 20:10 · Read together REV 20:10) there are complications, as already noted in 1.22: λίμνη.

LUK 5:1: RV LUK 5:1 · LV LUK 5:1 · Read together LUK 5:1

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OET-RV LUK 5:1

5 One time when the crowd was pressuring Yeshua (Jesus; Grk. Yesus) that they wanted to hear God’s message as he stood by Lake Galil,

OET-LV LUK 5:1

5 And it _became at the time, the crowd to _be _imposing on _him and to _be _hearing the message of _the god, and he was having _stood by the lake of _Gennaʸsaret,

LUK 5:2: RV LUK 5:2 · LV LUK 5:2 · Read together LUK 5:2

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OET-RV LUK 5:2

2 he saw two boats at the edge of the water, but the fishermen had left the boats so they could wash their nets.

OET-LV LUK 5:2

2 and he _saw two boats having _stopped by the lake, but the fishermen from them having _gone _out, were _washing the nets.

All 5 recorded passages for this sense

LUK: RV LUK 5:1–2 · RV LUK 8:22–23 · RV LUK 8:33 · LV LUK 5:1–2 · LV LUK 8:22–23 · LV LUK 8:33 · Read together LUK 5:1–2 · Read together LUK 8:22–23 · Read together LUK 8:33

Sense 2: lake of fire, hell

Semantic entry: 1.22

Semantic domains: Geographical Objects and Features

Subdomains: Regions Below the Surface of the Earth

Definition: (an idiom, literally: lake of fire (and sulfur), occurring in some slightly different forms six times in Revelation, three times with the addition of θεῖον ‘sulfur’) a place of eternal punishment and destruction{N:001}

Notes: In a number of languages it is impossible to translate literally ‘lake of fire,’ since water and fire seem to be so contradictory that a lake of fire is not even imaginable. It may be possible in some instances to speak of ‘a place that looks like a lake that is on fire,’ but in other languages the closest equivalent may simply be ‘a great expanse of fire.’ In some parts of the world people are fully familiar with the type of boiling magma in the cone of volcanoes, and terms for such a place may be readily adapted in speaking of ‘a lake of fire,’ since volcanic activity would seem to be the basis for this particular biblical expression.

Collocations: λίμνη τοῦ πυρὸς (καὶ θείου)

REV 19:20: RV REV 19:20 · LV REV 19:20 · Read together REV 19:20

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OET-RV REV 19:20

20 But then the animal was captured along with the false prophet who had done miracles in front of him. (That was how he’d deceived the ones who had accepted the mark of the animal and the ones worshipping his image.) The two of them were thrown alive into the lake of fire burning with sulfur.

OET-LV REV 19:20

20 And was _caught the wild _animal, and with him the the_false _prophet, the one having _done the signs before him, by which he _deceived the ones having _received the mark of _the wild _animal, and the ones prostrating before _the image of _him.
Living were _throw the two into the lake of_ the _fire, which being _burned with sulfur.

REV 20:10: RV REV 20:10 · LV REV 20:10 · Read together REV 20:10

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OET-RV REV 20:10

10 Then the devil who’d deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur where the animal and the false prophet were, and they’ll be tormented day and night throughout the ages.

OET-LV REV 20:10

10 And the devil, the one deceiving them, was _thrown into the lake of_ the _fire and of _sulfur, where were also the wild _animal and the false _prophet, and they _will _be _being _tormented by _day and night for the ages of _the ages.

All 5 recorded passages for this sense

REV: RV REV 19:20 · RV REV 20:10 · RV REV 20:14–15 · RV REV 21:8 · LV REV 19:20 · LV REV 20:10 · LV REV 20:14–15 · LV REV 21:8 · Read together REV 19:20 · Read together REV 20:10 · Read together REV 20:14–15 · Read together REV 21:8

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

λίμνη

Form 1

Sense 1: lake, pool

Sense 2: lake of fire, hell